Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Great author, great book

More to the Story by Hena Kahn

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I love this author! Hena Kahn wrote the book Amina’s Voice and its sequel Amina’s Song which are both amazing. This is another amazing book by her. I prefer Amina’s Voice, but I might be a little biased since that was my absolute favorite book when I was 8. More to the Story by Hena Kahn is described as a Muslim, middle-grade Little Women. I haven’t read Little Women, so I don’t know if this is true, but most people seem to think that it’s […]

not what I thought, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!

When We Cease To Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

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This book varied wildly from story to story, and there were parts I liked a lot more than others. On the whole since the parts I liked were so very much a bullseye for “Things I Will Read 100% Of the Time,” I can forgive the parts between which were “Things I Will Roll My Eyes At And Abandon Books For.” Despite disliking non-fiction, historical non-fiction stories of science (or math) is my kryptonite. And as such, this novel–with its lightly (to heavily) embellished stories […]

Lauren Groff does it again in a totally different way

Matrix by Lauren Groff

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I did not know how much I needed a revisionist history of a 12th century nun crafted from the sparse known writings of a woman that some have identified as being Mary, abbess of Shaftesbury. Side note all British names are hilarious. In any case, from the barest outlines of a personal history Groff weaves a truly spectacular, somewhat Mary (ha) Sue-like fable of how ambition, queer longing (meh), and determination can turn a muddy, impoverished, cold abbey into a little feminist utopia. Groff apparently […]

Sweet Mystery #2

The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass

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“Some days you control life; other days life controls you.” -Wendy Mass, The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass is the sequel to The Candymakers (see my review of The Candymakers here). It’s a good sequel that seamlessly blends the perspectives of Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy. WARNING – THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE CANDYMAKERS. It’s been a few months since the nationwide New Candy Contest, and everything is back to normal. The first Harmonicandy is […]

Motivation to clean out my TBR

The Maid by Nita Prose

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I love stories with neuro-atypical protagonists, and I enjoy a good buddy caper. I enjoy mysteries of all kinds, I don’t mind when things get dark and creepy (think, Silvia Moreno Garcia, or Tana French). But I also enjoy something more like Only Murders in the Building – a very real murder to solve, but somehow conveying a light-hearted tone. Cozy mysteries can be lovely – but they can also veer into some tricky territory, because somehow the author has to make us care about […]

Not up to standards

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

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I love Flavia De Luce, Dogger, Mrs. M, all of them. What I don’t love? This book. Sure, it was interesting (sort of). But the plot got crazy. I won’t spoil it, but it is way too weird and I’m not talking about Flavia’s chemical plans. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches is the 6th, and in my opinion the most disappointing, increment of the Flavia De Luce series. THIS SUMMARY MAY HAVE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES! Harriet has […]



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